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3DS is Final Nintendo traditional handheld

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ClassicalSaxophonist on 14 June 2014
benji232 said:
NintendoPie said:
benji232 said:

That's the problem, they definetly wont surpass gba sales. I even have a hard time imagining 3ds selling 60M units+ meaning the 3DS will be by far the worst selling Nintendo handheld ever.

It's certainly going to sell 60 Million, but the problem here is definitely if it's going to outsell the GBA or not. The GBA is technically the lowest selling Nintendo Handheld ever, and a downward trend in Nintendo's best-selling platform is not a good thing.

It's currently at around 43M units sold and it's on track to sell 7.5m-8m units this year which would put it at around 50M units and we know how quickly Nintendo handhelds decline in terms of sales once they announce the successor which you can definetly expect them to do in 2015. So where are they going to get these other 10million units sales? If it sells 8m units this year, then you can definetly expect it to sell no more then 5m units in 2015 and then it's going to crash and burn from there in terms of sales.

EDIT: The only way that I can see them changing the sales trajectory for 3ds is with a superior redesign that could justify an upgrade for current owners and that could potentially reach to the consumers who weren't interested in the 3ds family.


I'm 99.999999% sure that they will not announce a succesor to the 3DS in 2015. I predict 2017 or 2018 at the earliest. 



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Maraccuda on 14 June 2014

Everyone keeps saying how poorly the 3DS is selling, but over 40 million units sold is an incredible number.
It just looks bad compared to the DS, but no current console will sell more than the DS or PS2, or even the Wii.



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Never on 14 June 2014

I'm hoping for a new handheld that allows me to play handheld games on the tv via the wii u and perhaps even utilise this feature in local muliplayer. I would buy more 3ds games (And I already have a lot) if I could also play them on the TV.

I don't know if this would have to be a video stream to the wii u or if there's any way of capitalising on the wii u's power to transmit information needed for the wii u to render it in hd.

If the handheld games were just wii u compatible and handheld downloads were cross purchase it would work for me.



Cornishguilt on 14 June 2014

As a couple of people above have already mentioned, the next logical step for Nintendo in my opinion is to bring together their handheld and TV console platform and release a fusion device. I.e. a fully portable gamepad (albeit sleeker and a bit smaller) that is HD, and can be played through the TV as well as via some kind of dongle. I expect Nintendo will leverage the technology they've developed with the Wii U and gamepad to provide a low latency experience (just in the opposite direction, from handheld to TV), and release a console with a similar level of power to the Wii U in maybe late 2016/early 2017.

I think they really need to do this in order to pool their resources, rather than split them between the handheld console and TV one, as they are now. This is crucial really, due to the lack of 3rd party support.

There are two issues that Nintendo will have to overcome though. The first is price- can they release that type of device at a consumer-friendly price point? It could be difficult. The second issue is backwards compatibility. Traditionally, Nintendo have been strong on this, compared to Sony and Microsoft. But, with the Wii U being disc-based, and most consumers still buying physical games at this point, how this will be done I don't know.

What I do know though is that I would buy it day one.



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small44 on 14 June 2014

100% sure

Seriously people want Nintendo to kill there handheld you really want Nintendo handheld to be like Vita just a peripheral for the home consoles




PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

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Cornishguilt on 14 June 2014
small44 said:

100% sure

Seriously people want Nintendo to kill there handheld you really want Nintendo handheld to be like Vita just a peripheral for the home consoles

I want it to be the other way around, where you have a fully portable handheld that can also stream its games to a TV if you want to. I'd be surprised if Nintendo don't go down this route.



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small44 on 14 June 2014
Cornishguilt said:
small44 said:

100% sure

Seriously people want Nintendo to kill there handheld you really want Nintendo handheld to be like Vita just a peripheral for the home consoles

I want it to be the other way around, where you have a fully portable handheld that can also stream its games to a TV if you want to. I'd be surprised if Nintendo don't go down this route.

That's great



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

amp316 on 14 June 2014

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sc94597 on 14 June 2014

They will have at least one more. I think Nintendo will leave the console business before they leave the handheld business. Consoles are becoming more and more PC-like while handhelds are remaining more as dedicated gaming platforms.



WhiteEaglePL on 14 June 2014

Will SONY? that's the question that should be asked....